American Foreign Policy Since World War II

by Steven W. (Wallace) Hook, John W. Spanier

The Gold Standard for Textbooks on American Foreign Policy
American Foreign Policy Since World War II provides you with an understanding of America’s current challenges by exploring its historical experience as the world’s predominant power since World War II. Through this process of historical reflection and insight, you become better equipped to place the current problems of the nation’s foreign policy agenda into modern policy context.
With each new edition, authors Steven W. Hook and John Spanier find that new developments in foreign policy conform to their overarching theme—there is an American “style” of foreign policy imbued with a distinct sense of national exceptionalism. This Twenty-First Edition continues to explore America’s unique national style with chapters that address the aftershocks of the Arab Spring and the revival of power politics. Additionally, an entirely new chapter devoted to the current administration discusses the implications of a changing American policy under the Trump presidency.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

486 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 17, 2015

Reviews

[Shelby · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've actually already read a previous edition of this book, but with this edition it was great and the addition of Trump's presidency makes for an interesting comparison. This book is meant to be a text book for a foreign policy class, however it reads extremely well, and is very well written and interesting. I do really love it, however, it just makes you hate the United States, and all the dumb things the country has done, and for good reason. The book is factual, yet one must admit that there is a slight liberal lean present in the writing. Its great though.

[Jasif]

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